Gorton’s Shrimp Poppers

Focused on Gorton, the sea captain coursing through rough seas stirred up from the sent wind and two precautious prawn skateboarders intently watching Juice successfully land a high-popped Ollie. It’s a bycatch. The trucks and wheels absorb the crushing impact like the shell of a sea turtle as two seagulls fly over his head. He’s got a newspaper edition tucked underneath his arm frozen in time. Read all about the instructions: heat the tray before serving.

Juice rolls away clean because he’s used to this sort of activity from when he proved himself as a young boy who could jump off the roofs of houses without injury. Black woolen wheat stalks are unbraided cornrows.  Skateboarders are looked upon in a diminutive sort of way, especially if you’re African-American with a warrior look, but here there is nothing but earned respect on this proving ground between the high rolling swells of the beach.